Appleton Foxes leadoff hitter Tracey Ealy singled to start this July 1992 game and he soon came around to score, The Appleton Post-Crescent wrote.
Afterward, Ealy spoke to The Post-Crescent about his role.
"It's my job to get on base, and tonight I feel It was a pretty good job," Ealy told The Post-Crescent. "(I'm just) trying to get on and steal some bases. Get the team going."
Ealy played that season in his fourth year as a pro. He went on to see seven. He topped out at high-A.
Ealy's career began in 1989, taken by the Cardinals in the seventh round of the draft out of Chaparral High School in Las Vegas. Ealy's name was also spelled Tracy Ealy.
Ealy started with the Cardinals in the rookie Arizona League. He got into 47 games and hit .242.
He then moved to rookie Johnson City for 1990. He picked up three hits in a June game. He hit .276 overall in 57 games.
Ealy played 1992 at single-A Savannah, then played 1993 in the Royals system at single-A Appleton and short-season Eugene. He hit a lead-off home run off a knuckleballer in an August game with Appleton, The Post-Crescent wrote.
"We had played them earlier when he pitched, so we knew the guy was a knuckle-ball pitcher," Ealy told The Post-Crescent. "I was looking for an off-speed pitch and he hung one up there."
Ealy hit .282 in 57 games overall that year. He then moved to the Giants system and single-A Clinton for 1993. He played at high-A San Jose and San Bernardino for 1994. He then finished out his career in 1995 at San Jose and single-A Savannah.
- Appleton Post-Crescent, July 31, 1992: Bench-clearing brawl detracts from Foxes' win
- Appleton Post-Crescent, Aug. 22, 1992: Mistakes help Foxes triumph
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